SHORT-FORM DESI STORIES BY SUNIL PADIYAR
DESI
OUTLAW®
Where AI Meets Soul®.
100M+ VIEWS · 550K+ FOLLOWERS · 19 FESTIVAL AWARDS · 43 FESTIVALS
01 — ABOUT
SOLO.
NO FILM SCHOOL.
By day, Sunil Padiyar runs financial technology for a global company. By night, he writes, composes, animates, and edits short films about the Indian diaspora — alone, from a desk, with AI as the studio he never had.
Music satire, comedy series, standup, short film. One voice across all of it, telling Desi stories about what happens when two cultures share one life.
02 — REACH
100 MILLION VIEWS LATER.
No label. No studio. No crew.
Just the work, finding its own audience.
100M+
views across platforms
50
reels past 1M views each
550K+
followers across Instagram, Facebook and YouTube
20%+
like rate on top videos, against a 1–3% platform norm
META VERIFIED · @DESIOUTLAWOFFICIAL · 409 VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE
03 — THE WORK
FOUR FORMATS. ONE VOICE.
Music satire, comedy series, standup, short film.
Pick any one. They all sound like the same person.
COMEDY SERIES
SEENU SUPER STUDIO
A small-town studio where nothing goes to plan.
MUSIC SATIRE
ADJUST KAR LO
Life ka software buggy hai. Patch update kab aayega, nobody knows.
STANDUP
INDIAN DAD VS TECH
The generational war fought over a smartphone.
SHORT FILM · 90-SEC CUT
BABU’S BLACK COFFEE
An award-winning musical satire about ordering coffee wrong.
04 — RECURRING CHARACTERS
THE HOPPER IS BACK. AGAIN.
One character. One shortcut. Every uncle and aunty with a better idea.
Temples, gurus, feeds, and now the family group.
01
TEMPLE HOPPER
Beta, ek aur powerful temple try karo.
02
GURU HOPPER
One guru for the future, one for money, one for lifetime guarantee.
03
POST HOPPER
Life is for living, not posting. Brilliant line - caption mein daalta hoon.
04
NEW
WHATS HOPPER
One group says yes. One says no. The forward has full conviction.
05 — FILM FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
THE BIG SCREEN REMEMBERS.
Two featured. Screenings and awards across four continents.
DOCU-MUSICAL
OLYMPIC INDIAN:
AGAINST ALL ODDS
A sung docu-musical about the Indian athletes nobody wrote down. Not a film about medals - a film about permission.
MUSICAL SATIRE
HANDSOME ON MARS
A Tamil-style Bollywood musical in space, where alien women worship Seenu but nobody serves idli.
06 — AWARDS & RECOGNITION
THE RECEIPTS.
19 awards. 51 recognitions. 43 festivals across four continents.
AI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
FOUR AWARDS, ONE FESTIVAL
Audience Choice “Most Fun” · Best AI Animation · Best Animated Short · Best Experimental Film
AWARDS
AI International Film Festival
iDEAL International Film Festival
Nawada International Film Festival, 7th Season
JhaJha International Film Festival
Bangkok Movie Awards
Mei International Film Festival
Rameshwaram International Film Festival
SJFIFF 4th Season
London Global Film Awards
San Diego Movie Awards
Indian Independent Film Festival
Chambal International Film Festival, Season 10
FINALISTS / NOMINEES
CUT International Short Film Festival - Finalist
The InterCultural Voices Film Festival - Finalist
Asian Independent Film Festival - Finalist
Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival - Finalist
Neu Wave AI Film Festival - Semi-Finalist
NIFA - Quarter-Finalist
Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival - Nominee
New Delhi Film Festival NDFF - Nominee
Jaipur International Film Festival - Nominee
Bollywood International Film Festival - Nominee
Digital Griffix Film Awards - Nominee
SJFIFF 4th Season - Nominee
Vienna International Film Awards - Honorable Mention
East Village New York Film Festival - Honorable Mention
Post-Cinema Film Festival - Honorable Mention
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Marina del Rey Film Festival
Buenos Aires International Film Festival
Orlando International Film Festival
10th Portugal International Film Festival
ConCarolinas Film Festival
Royale Film Festival
9th Haryana International Film Festival
Paladino d’Oro Sport Film Festival
International Film Festival of Shimla
Crown Point International Film Festival
Beyond Border International Film Festival
Aryan International Children’s Film Festival of Jaipur
Anatolia International Film Festival
Global Indian Film Festival
SILENCE ÇA TOUILLE
MegaFlix Movie Awards
AI International Film Festival